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January 29, 2017January 27, 2017

3D-printed sex organs help blind students learn about sexual health

3D-printing technology is letting blind students experience comprehensive, accessible sex ed for the first time ever. By Katie Dupere [A]dvocates and researchers collaborated to create more than 18 3D figures that model sex organs during a various states of arousal. They range from a flaccid penis to a dilated vaginal opening, allowing students to “feel” …

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January 28, 2017January 27, 2017

What getting intimate at 60 really means

Most people assume getting saucy under the sheets it just for the young, but what about the young at heart? By Ashley Macleod and Marita McCabe [S]exuality encompasses sex, gender identities and roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy and reproduction and what we think, feel and believe about them. It has been a research focus …

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January 27, 2017January 25, 2017

How friends with benefits can actually make a friendship stronger

By Jack Rushall [W]hen I was an insecure 16-year-old, I came out to my female best friend. What followed was just as bold, but it involved both of us: We hooked up. Our sexual escapade developed into casual encounters that spanned a year-and-a-half. Of course, our friendship inevitably veered into unsettling romantic terrain, like a …

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January 26, 2017January 24, 2017

Happy in a low-sex marriage

By Nara Schoenberg [F]or many writers, it would have been an occasion to celebrate: Hazel McClay’s book group had chosen to read an anthology containing an essay that McClay herself had written. But McClay’s essay was about being happy in a low-sex relationship, a sensitive topic in a culture where intense desire is widely celebrated. …

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January 25, 2017January 24, 2017

What your gynecologist wishes you would do

By Linda S. Mihalov, MD, FACOG [N]o matter a woman’s age or how comfortable she is with her gynecologist, she may still be unsure about a few things — like which symptoms are worth mentioning, how often to make an appointment and how to prepare for an exam. Based on my 30 years of providing …

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January 24, 2017January 23, 2017

Lacking the desire to have sex with your partner?

Scientists think they know how to cure your problem – and it’s all down to chocolate By Victoria Allen A ‘chocolate hormone’ could help to get couples in the mood for sex and fall more deeply in love. [K]isspeptin, which is named after a chocolate snack, is the hormone in the brain which kickstarts puberty. …

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January 23, 2017January 20, 2017

The right to say yes, no, maybe

Lessons from the BDSM community on why consent is not a one-time thing By Jaya Sharma [S]he asked for it,” they say. Really? To be groped on the street by strangers when all one is trying to do is have a good time on New Year’s eve? Some years ago, at a sexuality workshop with …

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January 22, 2017January 19, 2017

The Ties That Bind

An Exploration of Anchorage’s Kink Community by K. Jered Mayer “Here’s a couch you can sit and relax on, or whatever. I like to suck dick while the guy is reading. It’s the sapiosexual side of me.” Surprised, I glanced at the man guiding me through the rooms to see if the statement was meant …

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January 20, 2017January 18, 2017

Americans Have Way More Casual Sex and Sexual Partners Than 30 Years Ago

By Eric Vilas-Boas [T]oday in news that may leave you joyous, exuberant, and otherwise rapt with passion: All the numbers point to Americans having lots and lots more sex than they used to — at least according to this infographic produced by sex psychologist Dr. Justin Lehmiller, based off research reported to the General Social Survey. …

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January 19, 2017January 18, 2017

Why Sex Is Beneficial To Social And Mental Health; Research Shows

By Dante Noe Raquel II [T]he act of intimate sex has been evolving over millions of years as an apparatus to deliver sperm to eggs and initiate pregnancy. Currently, we look at the social and mental aspects of health benefits that are a importance of consenting sexual relationships, or the pursuit of them. Sex Brings …

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January 17, 2017January 13, 2017

Threesome Sex Fantasy: Part 3

Look for Part 1 HERE and Part 2 HERE! The Psychology Behind Why A Menage A Trois Is So Alluring By Lizette Borreli 4. The Trouble With Threesomes Health Risks Sex between two people can provide a host of infections and diseases; sex among three people triples those odds. A threesome is riskier than sex …

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January 16, 2017January 13, 2017

Threesome Sex Fantasy: Part 2

Look for Part 1 HERE! The Psychology Behind Why A Menage A Trois Is So Alluring By Lizette Borreli So, why are we so intrigued by threesomes when at least two of the same gender must participate? 2. The Object Of Simultaneous Desire The idea of being simultaneously loved and adored by two males, two …

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January 15, 2017January 13, 2017

Threesome Sex Fantasy: Part 1

The Psychology Behind Why A Menage A Trois Is So Alluring By Lizette Borreli [M]ost men have fantasized about it, and most women have been propositioned for it: a threesome. A ménage à trois has appeal for several reasons, including the allure of being the center of sexual pleasure, while pleasing others at the same …

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January 14, 2017January 12, 2017

Talking With Both Daughters and Sons About Sex

By LISA DAMOUR Parents play a key role in shaping sexual decision-making among adolescents — especially for girls. A 2016 review of more than three decades of research found that teenagers who communicated with their parents about sex used safer sexual practices. Likewise, new research from Dutch investigators who studied nearly 3,000 teenagers found that …

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January 13, 2017January 11, 2017

How a sex menu could help your relationship woes in the bedroom

All you need is a pen and paper By Kashmira Gander Writhing about naked, covered in sweat: sex is one of the most uninhibited things you can do with another person. So it’s sort of odd that a lot of us are so terrible at talking about it. And whether a relationship is in those heady …

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